THE MEANING OF LIFE (1 OF 5)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1
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The Meaning of Life (1 of 5)
Series: Reality Check
Joey Rodgers
Ecclesiastes 1
Have you ever heard of Lawn Chair Larry? On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters, a regional truck driver, seeking to fulfill his childhood dream of flying, took a 45-min. maiden flight into the air over LA in a homemade airship made of an ordinary nylon lawn chair and over 40 helium-filled weather balloons. Satisfied his make-shift aircraft would be able to get into the air, Larry packed a lunch to go along w/ his loaded pellet gun he thought would assist him in his descent back to earth. Little did he know that His plan to float up to some 30 ft and hover for a few hours would turn into the adventure of a lifetime. For when he cut the cord that anchored his chair to his jeep, Larry didn’t lazily float up to 30 ft; instead, he streaked into the LA sky as if shot out of a cannon up to some 16k ft. Terrified and cold - and woozy from the thin are, Larry didn’t know what to do. So, he drifted for several hrs until he found himself in the glide path of the Long Beach Airport. Oddly enough, his adventure might’ve gone unnoticed had it not been for the United pilot who spotted him and radioed the tower saying - Long Beach tower, you’re not going to believe this, but I just passed a man flying in a lawn chair holding a gun. Ultimately, Larry did return to earth w/ a story to tell - and likely, a need for a change of pants. Later he was asked - why? He said, ‘‘A guy just can’t sit around.’’
What Larry needed (and got) was a reality check!
reality check - the process of comparing your flawed ideas, opinions, and misconceptions w/ the actual facts/reality of a situation so that you see the truth.
Just a cursory look into our world, and how people live and think, reveals our great need for a reality check. Not surprisingly God has given us a book in the Bible that was intended to give us a reality check? It’s the book of Ecclesiastes penned by King Solomon. It’s a book about the reality ...
Series: Reality Check
Joey Rodgers
Ecclesiastes 1
Have you ever heard of Lawn Chair Larry? On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters, a regional truck driver, seeking to fulfill his childhood dream of flying, took a 45-min. maiden flight into the air over LA in a homemade airship made of an ordinary nylon lawn chair and over 40 helium-filled weather balloons. Satisfied his make-shift aircraft would be able to get into the air, Larry packed a lunch to go along w/ his loaded pellet gun he thought would assist him in his descent back to earth. Little did he know that His plan to float up to some 30 ft and hover for a few hours would turn into the adventure of a lifetime. For when he cut the cord that anchored his chair to his jeep, Larry didn’t lazily float up to 30 ft; instead, he streaked into the LA sky as if shot out of a cannon up to some 16k ft. Terrified and cold - and woozy from the thin are, Larry didn’t know what to do. So, he drifted for several hrs until he found himself in the glide path of the Long Beach Airport. Oddly enough, his adventure might’ve gone unnoticed had it not been for the United pilot who spotted him and radioed the tower saying - Long Beach tower, you’re not going to believe this, but I just passed a man flying in a lawn chair holding a gun. Ultimately, Larry did return to earth w/ a story to tell - and likely, a need for a change of pants. Later he was asked - why? He said, ‘‘A guy just can’t sit around.’’
What Larry needed (and got) was a reality check!
reality check - the process of comparing your flawed ideas, opinions, and misconceptions w/ the actual facts/reality of a situation so that you see the truth.
Just a cursory look into our world, and how people live and think, reveals our great need for a reality check. Not surprisingly God has given us a book in the Bible that was intended to give us a reality check? It’s the book of Ecclesiastes penned by King Solomon. It’s a book about the reality ...
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